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Carolyn Laurie Kane is an American actress and comedian. She became known in the 1970s and 1980s in films such as Hester Street, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, Annie Hall, and The Princess Bride. She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as Simka Gravas, the wife of Latka, the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work. She has played the character of Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked, both in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2014. From 2015 to 2019, she was a main cast member on the Netflix original series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, in which she played Lillian Kaushtupper.
Birth Name
Carolyn Laurie Kane
Born
Wednesday, 18 June 1952
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dinner with the Parents | Nana | 2024 |
Between the Temples | Carla Kessler | 2024 |
Migration | Erin / Erin (voice) | 2023 |
Remembering Gene Wilder | Self | 2023 |
iMordecai | Fela | 2023 |
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Bubbe Bina | 2023 |
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience | Grand-Mah / Grand-Mah (voice) | 2022 |
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Pelia | 2022 |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend | Lillian Kaushtupper / Fiona | 2020 |
Heads Will Roll | Donna Fink | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dinner with the Parents | Nana | 2024 |
Between the Temples | Carla Kessler | 2024 |
Migration | Erin / Erin (voice) | 2023 |
Remembering Gene Wilder | Self | 2023 |
iMordecai | Fela | 2023 |
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Bubbe Bina | 2023 |
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience | Grand-Mah / Grand-Mah (voice) | 2022 |
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Pelia | 2022 |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend | Lillian Kaushtupper / Fiona | 2020 |
Heads Will Roll | Donna Fink | 2020 |
Hunters | Mindy Markowitz | 2020 |
Ghost Light | Madeline Styne | 2019 |
The Dead Don't Die | Mallory O'Brien | 2019 |
The Ready Room | Self - Guest | 2019 |
Los Espookys | Bianca Nova | 2018 |
The Sisters Brothers | Mrs Sisters | 2018 |
Summer Camp Island | Barb Jr. / Additional Voices | 2018 |
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man | Self | 2018 |
Pinkalicious & Peterrific | Edna | 2018 |
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond | Herself / Self / Himself | 2017 |
Vampirina | Madame Spook | 2017 |
Big Mouth | Menopause Banshee / Old Woman | 2017 |
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Ginger | 2017 |
Tangled: The Series | Madam Canardist | 2017 |
Crowded | Linda | 2016 |
Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016 |
Animals. | Chompy | 2016 |
F Is for Family | Marilyn Chilson / Sue's Mother | 2015 |
Ava's Possessions | Talia | 2015 |
Addiction: A 60's Love Story | Cecilia | 2015 |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Lillian Kaushtupper | 2015 |
Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Dr. Jelly Goodwell | 2015 |
Gotham | Gertrude Kapelput | 2014 |
Emoticon ;) | Hannah Song | 2014 |
Halt and Catch Fire | Denise | 2014 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Tasting Tituss Burgess' Wine / Self - Guest | 2014 |
Thanks for Sharing | Roberta | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Clutter | Linda Bradford | 2013 |
The Broadway.com Show | Self | 2013 |
Sleepwalk with Me | Linda | 2012 |
Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
Anger Management | Carol | 2012 |
Should've Been Romeo | Ruth | 2012 |
Girls | Cloris | 2012 |
The Key Man | Marsha | 2011 |
Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Sea Witch | 2011 |
Bubble Guppies | Sea Witch | 2011 |
The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
Pete Smalls Is Dead | Landlady | 2010 |
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend | Barbara | 2010 |
The Bounty Hunter | Dawn | 2010 |
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self | 2009 |
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Herself / Self | 2009 |
Four Christmases | Aunt Sarah | 2008 |
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five | Sheep (voice) / Sheep | 2008 |
Guest of Cindy Sherman | Self | 2008 |
Phineas and Ferb | Nana Shapiro / Additional Voices | 2007 |
The Year Without a Santa Claus | Mother Nature | 2006 |
Ugly Betty | Lena Korvinka | 2006 |
The Happy Elf | Gilda (voice) / Gilda | 2005 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | Temple | 2005 |
The Pacifier | Helga | 2005 |
The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004 |
TV Land's Top Ten | Self | 2004 |
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Miss Baggoli | 2004 |
Hope & Faith | Cornelia Rackett | 2003 |
Two and a Half Men | Shelly | 2003 |
Audrey's Rain | Missy Flanders | 2003 |
Cosmopolitan | Mrs. Shaw | 2003 |
Love in the Time of Money | Joey | 2002 |
Monk | Joy | 2002 |
The Grubbs | Sophie Grubb | 2002 |
My First Mister | Mrs. Benson | 2001 |
Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines | Self | 2001 |
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' | Self | 2001 |
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Mrs. Claus | 2001 |
Tomorrow by Midnight | Officer Garfield | 2001 |
The Shrink Is In | Dr. Louise Rosenberg / Louise Rosenberg | 2001 |
As Told by Ginger | Maude | 2000 |
That's Life | Gloria | 2000 |
Dora the Explorer | Grandma Troll | 2000 |
A Constant Forge | Self | 2000 |
Man on the Moon | Carol Kane | 1999 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gwen Munch | 1999 |
Independent Lens | Mrs. Shaw | 1999 |
Beggars and Choosers | L.L. | 1999 |
Noah's Ark | Sarah | 1999 |
The Tic Code | Miss Gimpole | 1999 |
Jawbreaker | Ms. Sherwood | 1999 |
Family Guy | Carol | 1999 |
Noddy | Pearlie White | 1998 |
Office Killer | Dorine Douglas | 1997 |
The Tony Danza Show | Simka Gravaas | 1997 |
Gone Fishin' | Donna Waters | 1997 |
Theater Talk | Self - Guest | 1996 |
Trees Lounge | Connie | 1996 |
Pearl | Annie Caraldo | 1996 |
American Strays | Helen | 1996 |
Adventures from the Book of Virtues | The Beetle | 1996 |
Hey Arnold! | Emily Dickinson Trophy | 1996 |
The Pallbearer | Tom's Mother | 1996 |
Sunset Park | Mona | 1996 |
Big Bully | Faith / Faith Bigger | 1996 |
Theodore Rex | Molly Rex (voice) / Molly Rex | 1995 |
A.J.'s Time Travelers | Emily Roebling | 1995 |
Napoleon | Spider (voice) / Spider | 1995 |
Freaky Friday | Leanne Futterman | 1995 |
A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman | Self | 1995 |
Dad, the Angel & Me | The Angel / Sam's Angel | 1995 |
The Crazysitter | Treva Van Arsdale | 1994 |
Chicago Hope | Marguerite Birch | 1994 |
Aladdin | Brawnhilda | 1994 |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Carla | 1994 |
All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1994 |
Ellen | Lily Penney | 1994 |
Addams Family Values | Granny | 1993 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
When a Stranger Calls Back | Jill Johnson | 1993 |
Tribeca | Amanda | 1993 |
Homicide: Life on the Street | Gwen Munch | 1993 |
Baby on Board | Maria | 1992 |
The Plucky Duck Show | Ollie | 1992 |
In the Soup | Barbara | 1992 |
Brooklyn Bridge | Aunt Sylvia | 1991 |
Sibs | Sally Pheffer | 1991 |
Ted & Venus | Colette | 1991 |
Tiny Toon Adventures | Ollie | 1990 |
American Dreamer | Lillian Abernathy | 1990 |
My Blue Heaven | Shaldeen | 1990 |
Joe Versus the Volcano | Hairdresser | 1990 |
Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1990 |
Flashback | Maggie | 1990 |
The Simpsons | Blythe | 1989 |
The Lemon Sisters | Franki D'Angelo | 1989 |
Seinfeld | Corinne | 1989 |
Tales from the Crypt | Judy | 1989 |
The Arsenio Hall Show | Herself - Guest | 1989 |
Scrooged | Ghost of Christmas Present | 1988 |
Empty Nest | Shelby | 1988 |
License to Drive | Mrs. Anderson | 1988 |
Sticky Fingers | Kitty | 1988 |
Drop-Out Mother | Maxine | 1988 |
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim | Fortune Teller | 1987 |
The Princess Bride | Valerie | 1987 |
Ishtar | Carol | 1987 |
Jumpin' Jack Flash | Cynthia | 1986 |
All Is Forgiven | Nicolette Bingham | 1986 |
Transylvania 6-5000 | Lupi | 1985 |
Tall Tales & Legends | Barbara | 1985 |
The Ray Bradbury Theater | Polly Horne | 1985 |
Burning Rage | Mary Harwood | 1984 |
Terror in the Aisles | Jill Johnson | 1984 |
Racing with the Moon | Annie / Annie the Hooker | 1984 |
Over the Brooklyn Bridge | Cheryl | 1984 |
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud | Martha Bernays | 1984 |
Tales from the Darkside | Anne MacColl | 1983 |
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? | Customer At Cafe | 1983 |
Reading Rainbow | Self | 1983 |
Cheers | Amanda | 1982 |
Faerie Tale Theatre | The 'Good' Fairy | 1982 |
Norman Loves Rose | Rose | 1982 |
Pandemonium | Candy | 1982 |
The Games of Countess Dolingen | Louise Haines-Pearson | 1982 |
American Playhouse | Lavinia | 1982 |
Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
Strong Medicine | 1981 | |
The Greatest Man in the World | April | 1980 |
La Sabina | Daisy | 1979 |
When a Stranger Calls | Jill Johnson | 1979 |
The Muppet Movie | Myth / "Myth" | 1979 |
Taxi | Simka Dahblitz-Gravas / Simka Gravas / Simka Dahblitz | 1978 |
The Mafu Cage | Cissy | 1978 |
The World's Greatest Lover | Annie Hickman | 1977 |
Valentino | Fatty's Girl / Starlet | 1977 |
Annie Hall | Allison | 1977 |
Harry and Walter Go to New York | Florence | 1976 |
The 48th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1976 |
Laverne & Shirley | Olga | 1976 |
Hester Street | Gitl | 1975 |
Dog Day Afternoon | Jenny / Jenny 'The Squirrel' | 1975 |
The American Parade | Susannah White | 1974 |
BBC2 Playhouse | Frances Loomis | 1974 |
The Last Detail | Young Whore | 1974 |
Wedding in White | Jeannie Dougall | 1972 |
Desperate Characters | Young Girl | 1971 |
Carnal Knowledge | Jennifer | 1971 |
Great Performances | Frances Loomis (story 'The Girls in Their Summer Dresses') | 1971 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Between the Temples | 2024 |
iMordecai | 2023 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1996 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1983 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series | Won |
1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Won |
1976 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |